linux-kernel - Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:53:13 +1000
From:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>
To:	"Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	"v j" <vj.linux@...il.com>, "Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On 2/15/07, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
>  [..] then it is less clear what people believe

Another area where it is less clear what people believe is if you are
distributing the module separately to the kernel, but, as I understand
it, vj says he is not.

> But of course the person who's opinion really counts is the judge.

The judge's opinion only counts if you actually get to court and
manage to put up a legal defense.

> So you need to get legal advice.

Or, ya know, you could take the moral/ethical advice that you're being
a worm and stop now.

Trent
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